About block 966,858
Bitcoin block 966,858 was mined by MARA Pool on September 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTC, 17 min 3 s after block 966,857. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,285 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 966,858 is number 1,195 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 821 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,142 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.